拾級而上 shè jí ér shàng

DEFINITIONS

  1. to walk slowly up a flight of steps (idiom)

CHARACTERS

拾 shè
HSK 4
pick up, collect, tidy up; accounting form of the numeral ten
級 jí level, rank, class; grade
而 ér
HSK 3
and; and then; and yet; but
上 shàng
HSK 1
top; superior, highest; go up, send up